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Replacement of the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel detector, Part2 Date: 07-03-2017 This week, one of the Large Hadron Collider?s experiments gets a ?heart transplant?. --- Physicists and engineers are replacing the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel #detector. This will improve CMS?s ability to make precise measurements on aspects of the Standard Model, including the properties of the #HiggsBoson. The #LHC and its experiments are currently preparing to wake up this spring, when the accelerator will begin to collide particles once more at close to the speed of light.

Physics

Collision review: How CERN's stellar secrets became sci-fi gold

Margaret Drabble, Luan Goldie, Steven Moffat and Stephen Baxter are among the top writers in Collision, an anthology that transmutes CERN's elusive research into science fiction

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How a planet became a character in my new novel

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Humans

Why We Meditate review: A convincing argument for regular meditation

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THE LAST OF US takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Humans

The Last of Us review: An excellent example of fungal horror

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Don’t Miss: A groundbreaking book on the evolution of meaning in life

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A crop of more than 100 planets, discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, includes four in Earth's size-range orbiting a single dwarf star.

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Don’t Miss: Reading up on Quantum Theory, As Simply As Possible

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Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

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Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

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White Noise review: Did this adaptation of a postmodern novel succeed?

Humans

White Noise review: Did this adaptation of a postmodern novel succeed?

Books & Arts

Joel's life is turned upside in a panic during apocalyptic events.

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Don’t Miss: The Last of Us - hit video game becomes a TV show

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The Terraformers review: What do we owe the animals in our care?

Annalee Newitz's new novel examines the dark side of "uplifting" animals to a state of self-awareness – and asks whose intelligence is being used as the template, finds Sally Adee

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Humans

Awe review: Neglected feeling of awe could help battle climate change

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Life

Parasites review: A fascinating tour of supremely successful invaders

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Comment

Wildcat review: Come for cute animals, stay for nuanced psychology

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Humans

The best popular science books out in 2023

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